Old Drury Lane Theatre on Fire by Abraham Pether, 1809
1885 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1885.
1809 in literature
…June 13 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German author and children's poet (died 1894) June 19 – Monckton Milnes, English man of letters, poet and politician (died 1885) August 6 – Alfred Tennyson, English poet (died 1892…
George Murray Smith conceived of the Dictionary of National Biography, subsidized it, and saw it finally into print before he died in 1901.